diff --git a/job.c b/job.c
index 5ec1ccac..00c73d91 100644
--- a/job.c
+++ b/job.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: job.c,v 1.6 2009-10-12 00:25:25 tcunha Exp $ */
+/* $Id: job.c,v 1.7 2009-10-21 07:37:11 nicm Exp $ */
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2009 Nicholas Marriott <nicm@users.sourceforge.net>
@@ -152,7 +152,13 @@ job_run(struct job *job)
 		sigreset();
 		/* XXX environ? */
 
-		nullfd = open(_PATH_DEVNULL, O_RDONLY, 0);
+		if (dup2(out[1], STDOUT_FILENO) == -1)
+			fatal("dup2 failed");
+		if (out[1] != STDOUT_FILENO)
+			close(out[1]);
+		close(out[0]);
+
+		nullfd = open(_PATH_DEVNULL, O_RDWR, 0);
 		if (nullfd < 0)
 			fatal("open failed");
 		if (dup2(nullfd, STDIN_FILENO) == -1)
@@ -162,18 +168,12 @@ job_run(struct job *job)
 		if (nullfd != STDIN_FILENO && nullfd != STDERR_FILENO)
 			close(nullfd);
 
-		close(out[1]);
-		if (dup2(out[0], STDOUT_FILENO) == -1)
-			fatal("dup2 failed");
-		if (out[0] != STDOUT_FILENO)
-			close(out[0]);
-
 		execl(_PATH_BSHELL, "sh", "-c", job->cmd, (char *) NULL);
 		fatal("execl failed");
 	default:	/* parent */
-		close(out[0]);
+		close(out[1]);
 
-		job->fd = out[1];
+		job->fd = out[0];
 		if ((mode = fcntl(job->fd, F_GETFL)) == -1)
 			fatal("fcntl failed");
 		if (fcntl(job->fd, F_SETFL, mode|O_NONBLOCK) == -1)